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trailside

trailside adjective: beside a trail.

Adjective

trailside (not comparable)

  1. beside a trail
    • Those with tenderfoot tendencies can enjoy a few spectator events, like trampoline stunts by the Skyriders, dance from the Streetbeats Group and a cooking competition for trailside gourmets.2009 August 28, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times

Adverb

trailside (not comparable)

  1. beside a trail
    • Big groups are camped trailside.2000, Backpacker, volume 28, number 187, page 56

Origin of trailside

From trail + -side.

Questions about trailside

What does trailside mean?
Trailside means beside a trail.
What part of speech is trailside?
Trailside can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near trailside in the dictionary

  1. trails
  2. trails away
  3. trails behind
  4. trails of tears
  5. trails off
  6. trailside
  7. trailsman
  8. trailsmen
  9. trailway
  10. trailways
  11. trailwear

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